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SLICE OF HEAVEN

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WESTWOOD

NEWTOWN

OPENED December 2020

Don’t be fooled by the Streets signage above the door, there’s no ice-cream to be found at Westwood in Newtown. There are, however, seven types of Naples-stye pizza featuring interesting flavour combos made using local ingredients, such as ’nduja, ricotta and thyme; and potato and smoked eel. Run by Mitchell Westwood (ex Bella Brutta, CicciaBella), this pocket-sized pizza joint is seriously on fire.

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The garlic and honey pizza is a sweet-savoury triumph made with confit garlic oil, fermented-garlic honey, fior di latte and sheep’s milk pecorino – like a cheese pizza on steroids.

RIA PIZZA AND WINE

POTTS POINT

OPENED December 2020

When chef Brent Savage and sommelier Nick Hildebrandt announced they were moving their wine bar Monopole to the CBD and its original site was to transform into a pizza restaurant, expectations were high thanks to their fine dining credentials. But what Savage brings to the humble pizza more than delivers, as he churns out casual, clever and delicious pizza for the people of Potts Point. The base is crisp and with a neat, evenly risen crust, thanks to high-powered electric

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